Died On This Date (June 24, 2010) Fred Anderson / Noted Jazz Musician
themusicsover Fred Anderson
March 22, 1929 – June 24, 2010
Fred Anderson was an influential Chicago jazz saxophonist who, over the course a career that spanned six decades, earned critical praise in the free jazz and avant garde styles. After teaching himself to play the sax as a child, Anderson moved with his family to Chicago where he began his formal training. By the late ’60s, he was the dean of Chicago’s underground jazz scene. In the early ’80s, Anderson became the owner of the Velvet Lounge, a club that soon found itself at the center of the city’s thriving jazz scene. Over the course of his career, he released several influential albums on such labels and Delmark and Okka. Fred Anderson was 81 when, on June 24, 2010, he died following a heart attack.
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